Age of Empires 2 Definitive Edition (AOE2) update 66692 is now available to download on PC (Steam). According to the official AOE 2 patch notes, the latest update added Dress to Impress Event, Rematch shortcuts, and much more.Apart from this, Age of Empires 2 (AOE 2) patch 66692 also includes a long list of fixes.
Previously, a big update was released with new Maps, Spectator chat is now activated, and lots ofbug fixes.Unfortunately, many players are still experiencing several issues while playing the game.
Today’s AOE2 patch 66692 will fix a few of these issues.
What is new in AOE2 June 1, 2022 Update? – August 30, 2022
Stability & Performance
- Fixed an issue where players could get stuck on the main menu screen after accepting an invitation and successfully joining a match.
- Fixed an issue where the game was failing to show other clans in the Clan Browser which then caused the game to get stuck when clicking Disband Clan.
- The game no longer crashes when loading replays in certain situations.
- The game no longer crashes when accepting Steam/join lobby URL invitations when the game is closed.
- Added safety checks to prevent an out of range crash on the matchmaking screen.
Achievements
- Rhapsody of the Bohemians achievement can now only be unlocked if 10 Houfnice are trained as Bohemians.
- Added back Elephant Archer and Elite Elephant Archer icons as profile icon rewards, after they were replaced by Ghulam profile icons with Indian/Hindustani civilization change.
- Various fixes on Dynasties of India Steam achievements.
Graphics
- Fixed an issue where Flares were difficult to see during some games.
- Added a new idle pose for Skirmishers, to better differentiate them from the spearman line. This pose was used inAge of Empires IIlegacy games.
UI
- Armor Value/Icon no longer disappears in tooltips when a building/unit has an armor value of -1.
- Obsolete Map Style dropdown no longer appears in single player lobby and for multiplayer hosts.
- The AI difficulty is now displayed while in Quickplay queue.
- Tech tree preview for Gurjaras now shows the Camel line properly.
- Objective timers now update properly when changing in-game language.
- Lobby creation for co-op games via the Main Menu no longer skips host setup.
- Players can no longer interact with multiplayer lobby dropdowns and buttons when the map selection screen is open.
- Diplomacy label for ally players during treaty is no longer different from the standard one.
- Games can now be found properly with the Refresh button, when a word has three or less letters.
- Fixed an issue where, in some languages or fonts, the player’s Custom Deathmatch Lobby rating overlapped with the “valid checkbox”.
- Fixed a rare texture glitch in the Load Game screen.
- Fixed a rare issue where map selection wasn’t displaying anything, leading to an error while launching the game.
- Fixed a rare issue where the screen remains darkened after closing a warning dialog.
- Fixed an issue where the campaign menu background was black when entering the campaign menu for the first time after launching the game.
- Mods no longer appear duplicated in the Mod Manager.
- Chat no longer appears truncated when above a certain character amount.
Settings
- Co-op missions now properly reset all match settings to their defaults upon lobby creation.
- Fixed a rare issue where players that were not set to a random civ could start a co-op game using a DLC civ they didn’t own which resulted in a crash during the loading screen.
- Civilizations now update properly when changing player colors/numbers in single player scenarios.
- Player resources are now properly assigned according to player color/number in scenarios.
Hotkeys
- Fixed an issue where auto-farm reseed hotkey wasn’t working for Gurjara mills with garrisoned sheep.
Spectator Mode
- Fixed an issue where players pausing a match in game might cause it to become permanently paused for spectators.
Recorded games
- Choosing a player name on the GUI now sets the camera POV on the player properly.
Download free Age of Empires 2 update 62085 on PC(Steam).
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